Ben Chaplin
Chaplin was born in Windsor, Berkshire, England, the son of Cynthia, a teacher, and Peter Greenwood CBE, a civil engineer. He has one sister, Rachel, and one brother, Justin. Chaplin became interested in acting as a teenager, after acting in a theatrical production in his school years at the Princess Margaret Royal Free School. At the age of seventeen, he enrolled at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. He pursued his early acting career between odd jobs as an office worker, and for a while was employed as a statistician with the London Transport Authority. Chaplin made his professional acting debut in the 1990 television film Bye Bye Baby. He went on to appear in a number of other television films and miniseries, including The Bill (1990), The Final Cut (1995), and The Lost World (1999). Chaplin's breakthrough film role came in 1996, when he starred opposite Uma Thurman and Janeane Garofalo in the romantic comedy The Truth About Cats & Dogs. The film was a critical and commercial success, and it helped to establish Chaplin as a rising star. Chaplin has since gone on to star in a number of other successful films, including Washington Square, The Thin Red Line, Birthday Girl, Murder by Numbers, Stage Beauty, The New World, The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep, Dorian Gray, Cinderella, Snowden, The Legend of Tarzan, and The Dig. Chaplin has also had a successful career on television. He starred in the BBC sitcom Game On (1995–1998), and he has also appeared in the television series Mad Dogs (2011–2013) and The Nevers (2021–present). In addition to his acting career, Chaplin is also a musician. He plays the guitar and the piano, and he has written songs for a number of films. Chaplin is married to the actress Amanda Abbington. They have two children together.
Cinderella
as Cinderella's FatherWhen her father unexpectedly passes away, young Ella finds herself at the mercy of her cruel...
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The Legend of Tarzan
as Captain MoulleTarzan, having acclimated to life in London, is called back to his former home in the jungle to...
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Snowden
as Robert TibboCIA employee Edward Snowden leaks thousands of classified documents to the press.
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The story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and...
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Dorian Gray
as Basil HallwardSeduced into the decadent world of Lord Henry Wotton, handsome young aristocrat Dorian Gray...
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The Water Horse
as Lewis MowbrayA lonely boy discovers a mysterious egg that hatches a sea creature of Scottish legend.
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The New World
as RobinsonA drama about explorer John Smith and the clash between Native Americans and English settlers in...
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The Remains of the Day
as Charlie, Head FootmanA rule bound head butler's world of manners and decorum in the household he maintains is tested...
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London Boulevard
as Billy NortonA parolee falls for a reclusive movie star while trying to evade a ruthless gangster.
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Lost Souls
as Peter KelsonA young woman becomes aware of a conspiracy to enable the Devil to walk the Earth in human form....
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Murder by Numbers
as Sam KennedyTenacious homicide detective Cassie Mayweather and her still-green partner are working a murder...
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As WWII looms, a wealthy widow hires an amateur archaeologist to excavate the burial mounds on...
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Birthday Girl
as JohnJohn is a mild-mannered banker who has never been lucky in love. Fed up with waiting for the...
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The Children Act
as Kevin HenryIn the midst of a marital crisis, a High Court judge must decide if she should order a...
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The Touch
as EricA sister and brother, the last heirs of a family of acrobats, are called upon by a Buddhist monk...
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Stage Beauty
as George Villiars, Duke of BuckinghamHumble Maria, who outfits top London theater star Ned Kynaston, takes none of the credit for the...
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Little Boy
as Ben EagleAn eight-year-old boy is willing to do whatever it takes to end World War II so he can bring his...
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Twixt
as Edgar Allan PoeA declining writer arrives in a small town where he gets caught up in a murder mystery involving...
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Me and Orson Welles
as George CoulourisNew York, 1937. A teenager hired to star in Orson Welles' production of Julius Caesar becomes...
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Washington Square
as Morris TownsendSet in 1870's New York, a spinster heiress is courted by a much younger, penniless man, much to...
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A successful veterinarian and radio show host with low self-esteem asks her model friend to...
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Chromophobia
as TrentEncouraged by his editor to seek 'sexy stories that sell', a reporter preys upon the private...
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Two Weeks
as Keith BergmanIn this bittersweet comedy, four adult siblings gather at their dying mother's house in North...
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Ways to Live Forever
as Daniel MacQueenSam loves facts. He wants to know about UFOs and horror movies and airships and ghosts and...
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War Book
as GaryGovernment officials practice their response and decisions in a simulated escalation of nuclear...
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Roads
as PaulA young man from the Congo in search of his brother attempts to cross Europe's borders. In...
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Heavy Rain
as uncreditedA powerful short documentary inspired by the launch of the genre breaking PlayStation 3 title...
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The Wipers Times
as RobertsWhen Captain Fred Roberts discovered a printing press in the ruins of Ypres, Belgium in 1916, he...
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Family
as uncredited11-year-old Johanna’s world is falling apart. She’s just moved across the country for her father...
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Mood Music
as BernardIn a top London recording studio, Cat, a young songwriter, her producer Bernard, their lawyers...
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After the Dance
as Cyril CarterDavid and Joan's life has been one continuous party, but their marriage is loveless. Suddenly a...
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Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
as SelfRosy-Fingered Dawn is a film on Terrence Malick. It is about the making of BADLANDS, DAYS OF...
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National Theatre Live: Consent
as EdwardWhy is Justice blind? Is she impartial? Or is she blinkered? Friends take opposing briefs in a...
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Feast of July
as Con WainwrightAfter an abandoned young woman in late 19th Century England is taken in by a rural couple with...
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When Cary Grant Introduced Timothy Leary to LSD
as Cary GrantCary Grant sits in his plush dressing room at Culver Studios, waiting to be called to set by his...
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A Fatal Inversion
as MatthewAdaptation of the Barbara Vine (aka Ruth Rendell) novel. After Adam inherits a country house...
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V Graham Norton
as SelfV Graham Norton was an entertainment programme shown on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom starring...
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Minder
as ConwayThis comedy drama series featured Terry McCann, a former boxer with a conviction for G.B.H., and...
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The Nevers
as Frank MundiIn the last years of Victoria's reign, London is beset by the "Touched": people — mostly women —...
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Urban Myths
as Cary GrantOur Urban Myths are stories that have been passed down over time and have now become part of...
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Between the Lines
as uncreditedDetective Superintendent Tony Clark is an ambitious member of the Complaints Investigation...
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Casualty
as Gareth OrellDrama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department,...
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Mrs. Davis
as Arthur SchrödingerSister Simone partners with her ex-boyfriend on a globe-spanning journey to destroy Mrs. Davis,...
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World Without End
as Sir Thomas LangleyTwo hundred years after the construction of the great cathedral, the medieval town of...
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Mad Dogs
as AlvoMad Dogs is a British black comedy and psychological thriller television series created by Cris...
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Kiss Me First
as BeamTo escape reality 17-year-old Leila turns to a secret virtual paradise. Her real journey begins...
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Dates
as StephenDates is a British television romantic drama series created by Bryan Elsley, who also created...
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Performance
as Cyril CarterAn anthology series of various plays and dramatic performances.
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Game On
as Matthew Norman MaloneFollowing the lives of three 20-somethings sharing a flat in Battersea. They're young, bright...
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Doll & Em
as BenDoll & Em is a British comedy series starring real-life friends Emily Mortimer (Em) and Dolly...
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Mad Dogs
as JoelWhen a group of underachieving 40-something friends gather in Belize to celebrate the early...
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Press
as Duncan AllenThe lives of the editors and journalists working at a left-leaning broadsheet and a populist...
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The Book of Negroes
as John ClarksonKidnapped in Africa and subsequently enslaved in South Carolina, Aminata must navigate a...
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Apple Tree Yard
as Mark CostleyWhat starts out as a simple, reckless mid-life affair between a genetic scientist named Yvonne...
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Moonfleet
as uncreditedRay Winstone leads a gang of smugglers in our brand new family drama, Moonfleet. Written by...
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